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Archive of entries posted on 12th May 2008

*nix Tip of the Day: SSH Agent Forwarding

Today’s *nix tip of the day involves SSH and the magic that is Agent Forwarding. SSH, as some of you know, is a handy way to connect to *nix systems in an untrusted environment. Its primary use is to allow one to remotely access a remote system and get a shell, securely. Basically, encrypted telnet. [...]